From: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:58:09 GMT
Subject: RE: which files are "known to git"?
Message-ID: <000201d3f10b$c3bfd660$4b3f8320$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1805210717040.9926@localhost.localdomain>

On May 21, 2018 7:19 AM, Robert P. J. Day:
>   updating my git courseware and, since some man pages refer to files
> "known to git", i just want to make sure i understand precisely which
files
> those are. AIUI, they would include:
> 
>   * tracked files
>   * ignored files
>   * new files which have been staged but not yet committed

You might want to consider git metadata/config/attribute files, hooks,
filters, etc., that may not be not formally part of a repository, but can be
required to ensure the content is complete.

Cheers,
Randall

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